Description: This slender woman stands about 4'3". She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. At a young age her mother died while driving off some brigands. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in ceremonial dagger use. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Gomory never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears just a blue suit. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He carries with him a set of greataxes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Jane was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears professional attire. Her hair is black and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. This black eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Xappan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has shaved his head bald. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Taklinn will drive conversation. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Taklinn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available she will default to her nunchaku. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Barrister business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing her hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.